Indian Ocean Trade
Land and water routes created transregional trade, communication and exchange networks in the Eastern Hemisphere, while somewhat later separate networks connected the peoples and societies of the Americas.
2. With the organization of large-scale empires, the volume of long-distance trade increased dramatically. In the ancient era, trade between societies was often limited to those societies that existed moderately close together. But in the classical era, trade with more distant and more fascinating countries was possible.
3. Land and water routes linked many regions of the Eastern Hemisphere, while somewhat later separate networks connected the peoples and societies of the Americas.
Exchanges of people, technology, religious and cultural beliefs, …show more content…
4. Trade in the Mediterranean Sea Lanes was much different from trade in the Indian
Ocean Sea Lanes. Unlike the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea normally had very calm waters. Trade boats had large, flat sails to pick up wind, and were larger to house the numerous oarsmen. They also had rowers and stayed close to the shore. The …show more content…
6. Alongside the trade in goods, exchanges in people, technology, religious and cultural beliefs, food crops, domesticated animals and disease pathogens developed across far- flung networks of communication and exchange.
7. A spread of crops, including sugar, rice, and cotton from south Asia to the Middle East encouraged changes in farming and irrigation techniques such as the development of the qanat system. Trade routes were the sort of classical era super highways on which many great technologies of the worlds history spread.
8. The spread of disease pathogens diminished urban populations and contributed to the decline of some empires such as Rome or China. Disease was a massive problem in the classical era and was one of the unfortunate down sides of the more wide spread trading that came with the invention of new technologies.
9. Religious and cultural traditions were transformed as they spread including Chinese culture, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Without the inadvertent aid of trade routes and trading civilizations, these religions may not have gotten the publicity that they needed in order to become as historically significant as they are
2. With the organization of large-scale empires, the volume of long-distance trade increased dramatically. In the ancient era, trade between societies was often limited to those societies that existed moderately close together. But in the classical era, trade with more distant and more fascinating countries was possible.
3. Land and water routes linked many regions of the Eastern Hemisphere, while somewhat later separate networks connected the peoples and societies of the Americas.
Exchanges of people, technology, religious and cultural beliefs, …show more content…
4. Trade in the Mediterranean Sea Lanes was much different from trade in the Indian
Ocean Sea Lanes. Unlike the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea normally had very calm waters. Trade boats had large, flat sails to pick up wind, and were larger to house the numerous oarsmen. They also had rowers and stayed close to the shore. The …show more content…
6. Alongside the trade in goods, exchanges in people, technology, religious and cultural beliefs, food crops, domesticated animals and disease pathogens developed across far- flung networks of communication and exchange.
7. A spread of crops, including sugar, rice, and cotton from south Asia to the Middle East encouraged changes in farming and irrigation techniques such as the development of the qanat system. Trade routes were the sort of classical era super highways on which many great technologies of the worlds history spread.
8. The spread of disease pathogens diminished urban populations and contributed to the decline of some empires such as Rome or China. Disease was a massive problem in the classical era and was one of the unfortunate down sides of the more wide spread trading that came with the invention of new technologies.
9. Religious and cultural traditions were transformed as they spread including Chinese culture, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Without the inadvertent aid of trade routes and trading civilizations, these religions may not have gotten the publicity that they needed in order to become as historically significant as they are